Alex Renton is a journalist and writer: he uncovers his own family's slave-owning past and uses this as a means of approaching the growing debate about such legacies and contemporary consequ... read more
A Pulitzer Prize-winner's essays on musical greats who flourished again later in life: Leonard Cohen, Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith and many more. These are judicious and vivid portraits, som... read more
Manon Gropius (1916-1935) was the daughter of Walter and Alma. Her attempts to free herself from maternal expectations and the recurrent image of herself in her stepfather's novels are movin... read more
Following renewed interest in one of Britain's most popular Prime Ministers, this new biog draws attention to his considerable achievements instead of dwelling on Munich to the exclusion of ... read more
A biography of Queen Victoria’s doctor which was enormously popular when it was first published. ~First edition, first printing, in fine condition with fine dust jacket. Pages have browned... read more
Rebanks inherited his grandfather's farm in the hills of the Lake District and became a sheep farmer, developing a fine flock of Herdwicks. The first part of that story he told, to great ac... read more